Hello Darlin – Scotty McCreery
It’s late, the kind of late where the neon signs of the city have long since been turned down, and…
Alan Jackson & George Strait sing “Remember When” & Troubadour
The roar of the crowd at a major awards show is a chaotic thing—a thousand small enthusiasms braided into one…
Waylon Jennings – Lonesome On’Ry and Mean
The vinyl crackle is the sound of a match being struck in the dark. It’s 1973. Nashville, for all its…
George Strait – Middle Aged Crazy (Jerry Lee Lewis Cover)
The house lights dim. There is a perceptible shift in the air, a respectful hush that settles over a crowd…
Hank Locklin – Please Help Me, I’m Falling
The air is thick, not with cigar smoke and sawdust, but with something richer, cleaner—reverb the color of midnight blue.…
Porter Wagoner – Green Grass of Home
It’s late, and the world outside the studio glass is a wash of neon and rain. You can almost smell…
Buck Owens – Act Naturally
The road to stardom, they say, is paved with broken dreams. But for Buck Owens, the truth was more complex:…
Johnny Horton – The Battle Of New Orleans
There are songs that define a year, and then there are songs that feel less like a recording and more…
Don Gibson – Sea of Heartbreak
There are certain songs, certain three-minute narratives, that operate less like a conventional track and more like a dim, humid…
Webb Pierce – There Stands the Glass
The hour is late. It’s always late when this song comes on. You might be in a dimly lit bar,…